267 CXUS54 KLZK 010950 CLMLIT CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 450 AM CDT WED SEP 01 2021 ................................... ...THE LITTLE ROCK ADAMS FIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2021 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 114 08/03/2011 LOW 52 08/29/1986 08/29/1967 08/28/1967 HIGHEST 98 08/10 92 6 MM 08/11 08/12 LOWEST 65 08/05 71 -6 MM AVG. MAXIMUM 92.1 91.5 0.6 MM AVG. MINIMUM 72.9 70.1 2.8 MM MEAN 82.5 80.8 1.7 MM DAYS MAX >= 90 20 22.0 -2.0 MM DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 MM DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 MM DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 MM PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 14.46 1966 MINIMUM 0.00 1995 TOTALS 1.31 3.16 -1.85 MM DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.10 -0.06 MM DAYS >= .01 6 7.2 -1.2 MM DAYS >= .10 3 MM DAYS >= .50 1 MM DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.9 -0.9 MM GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.98 08/15 TO 08/15 STORM TOTAL 0.98 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.00 0.00 MM SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM LIQUID 7/1 0.00 0.00 0.00 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 MM DAYS >= 1.0 0 MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 0 0 0 MM SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 MM COOLING TOTAL 552 490 62 MM SINCE 1/1 1672 1632 40 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 10/20/1989 LATEST 04/19/1983 EARLIEST MM LATEST 03/03 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 25/080 DATE 08/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 33/070 DATE 08/30 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.46 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 14 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 13 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...DATA FOR LITTLE ROCK FOR AUGUST 2021... .SUMMARY... AUGUST IN LITTLE ROCK WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN AVERAGE. THE COOLEST PERIOD WAS IN THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF THE MONTH, WITH THE WARMEST PERIOD IN THE FINAL 10 DAYS, WHEN DAILY READINGS WERE 5-10 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. FOR THE FIFTH AUGUST IN A ROW, THERE WERE NO TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES. THIS ALSO MARKS 1,143 DAYS SINCE THE LAST 100- DEGREE READING (JULY 15, 2018) AND THE 5TH LONGEST SUCH STRETCH ON RECORD. RAINFALL WAS BELOW AVERAGE FOR THE FIRST AUGUST IN SIX YEARS. .MONTHLY AVERAGES... THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS THE WARMEST SINCE 2015. THE AVERAGE LOW AND MONTHLY TEMPERATURES WERE THE WARMEST SINCE 2016. .DAILY TEMPERATURES... DAILY TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW AVERAGE ON 11 DAYS, AVERAGE ON ONE DAY AND ABOVE AVERAGE ON 19 DAYS. .DAILY RECORD TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... NO DAILY RECORD TEMPERATURES WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH. .MONTHLY RAINFALL... IT WAS THE DRIEST AUGUST SINCE 2015. .DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH... NO DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH. .MISCELLANEOUS PHENOMENA... NONE. $$ 57